colloquialism
a colloquial expression.
colloquial style or usage.
Origin of colloquialism
1Other words from colloquialism
- col·lo·qui·al·ist, noun
Words Nearby colloquialism
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How to use colloquialism in a sentence
“Shut up,” the hacker responded, using a Farsi colloquialism.
Now “awfully sorry” is not a western colloquialism, and the girl looked at him attentively.
The Gold Trail | Harold BindlossHe must like to figure, to use a colloquialism,18 and his fondness for it must be genuine, almost an absorption.
Opportunities in Engineering | Charles M. HortonFor instance, the use of "most" for "almost" is distinctly, if not a vulgarism, at least a colloquialism.
America To-day, Observations and Reflections | William ArcherEvery proverb, every slang phrase and colloquialism, is what one might call a petrified inspiration.
A Captain of Industry | Upton Sinclair
Such a compliment has seldom been paid on so early an attempt at colloquialism in a new language.
Life of John Coleridge Patteson | Charlotte M. Yonge
British Dictionary definitions for colloquialism
/ (kəˈləʊkwɪəˌlɪzəm) /
a word or phrase appropriate to conversation and other informal situations
the use of colloquial words and phrases
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